Castle Couch is a criticism and opinion focused videogame website formed in 2013. Our goal is to poke, prod, caress, and otherwise stir conversation about videogames through essays, critiques, and other multimedia adventures. Games have merit, we are deeply interested in the ones that intrigue, inspire, or entertain.

Andrew and Raph hack their way through the very beginning of Double Fine’s Hack ‘n’ Slash.

Hack ’n’ Slash is a bird’s eye view adventure game —exactly like a 2D The Legend of Zelda— with the ingenious hook that the world around you can be manipulated by ‘hacking’ the game, letting the player change variables and solve puzzles by altering the world to suit their very needs. It released in May 2014 vis Steam Early Access, and was released to the public in a 1.0 version on September 9, 2014. The game is available for Windows PC, Mac OS X, and Linux.

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Castle Couch is a Montreal-based criticism and opinion focused videogame website formed in 2013. Our goal is to poke, prod, caress, and otherwise stir conversation about videogames. Games have merit, we are deeply interested in the ones that intrigue, inspire, or entertain.